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MISSION SERVICESJf

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Napa, California

Permit No.28

Dear Christian Friends:

Chidamoyo Christian

Hospital

Karoi,

Rhodesia,

Africa

June, 1972

  r f eatings from Chidamoyo Once again it is time

for

me to come into

your

h o i n e s

via my newsletter.

I

have

several items of

interest to

relate so

will try to touch each one briefly.

First of all, I would like

to

share with you the story

of

my kids .

I

would like you to meet Oliver Marova,

Kasema Nyamutora, and

Shanangorai.

These

are all

students

whom

I have been helping to

supply

financial means

to pay

for

their

education. Oliver

is

a

young

man who

is

studying to

be

a

preacher

at

the African Bible College

in

Fort Victoria. He was first

in-

 

reduced to

me

by

Madonna

Burget when I arrived

in

Rhodesia.

At

that time

he

was

Madonna*s

houseboy.

Madonna

told us

(Miss

Kenney

and

myself) of

Oliver's desire to

go to

Bible College

and become a preacher;

and asked us

if we w o u l d like t o h e l p

p r o v i d e h i s

s c h o o l fees. We agreed, a n d h a v e

h e l p e d

him

for three

years.

He

h a s

h a d s o m e

problems in

completing the

work, but he has a

real desire

to become a preacher and is very good

a t .

personal evangelism. Du ring his school

holidays

he

comes

home to Chidamoyo

and works with the

Hospital

Ev angelist in the Hospital ministry. He has

organized several singing groups among the phtients, a n d everywhere you g o

you can find Oliver

talking to

someone

about

Christ,

Kasema

is

the

son

of

one

of

our Hospital Employees. Soon after

I

arrived

at

Chidamoyo I

was

approached by

Kasema

and asked

if

I would help

him with

school

fees. In

checking about

Kasema,

I found

that h e was a

good

student

at

school

a n d

h a d a deep desire

t o further

his

education.

I

agreed to spon

sor I^^ema,

and

now three years later

h e

is

i n t i i e i i p p ^ r ^ p a r t of

his'^lnss

in

F o r t a

three of

his secondary education^ He loves

school

and wants to

continue bn to Form four.

He is

a very

personable

voung man and has

a

de

sire to learn that-is not often seen in one so young. He attends school

at

Mashoko Mission,

along

with

several others

from

Chidamoyo, a n d spends

his holidays working for me at

my

home

or

at the Hospital in order to earn

the

money for

his

fees

and trav el expenses.

Shanangorai

is

a

young

girl

fifteen

years old.

I

first

became acquainted

with her through my women's club at Chenetza, and

last

year she

attended

Grade

7

at the

mission

school. Shanangorai

was

unable to place

very high

in her class and therefore could not go on to secondary school.

She

had a

real desire to go

on to

some-kind

of

further

training, for as she said, if

she

went home

to the village, her

father

would probably marry her off as

soon

as

he could and she did not want that

at

this time. She inquired

abou t Homecraft schools and

finally

found one

at

Sinoia that

she

would

be

accepted

at.

She is

now

happily studying sewing,

literacy,

cooking, club

leadership, etc.,

and is looking

forward

to the time

when she can

go

out

as

a

leader among

the

women and help teach them to better

care for them

selves

and their

families.

Just

a

word about Rhodesian Education: Primary schooling

-

Grade

1

through

^ S e c t j n d r a r y — S c h o o l i n g - Form 1

through

Form 6,

or

by American standards.

Grade 8

t h r o u g h one

year of Junior College. The Junior Certificate, or

R.J.C., is given after successfully

completing

Grade 7 either in-school or

by correspondence. Form 3

and 4 is considered

0 level education, and Form

5 and

6 is considered A level education. Following Form 6, the young per

son

who

is*fortunate enoug h to have passed all tests and produce

the

finan

cial means, has a chance of going on to University. Secondary School

fees

(tuition only) start from t80 to $100 Rhodesian

dollars

a year. In addi

tion to these fees are the-school

uniforms,

food,

personal

care, travel ex

penses

from

school to home, etc.

The

work .at the Hospital

is

going

well. We

have

had

many

visitors

this

year,

including

three

medical

students

and their

wives

who

have spent

a

month at a time with us. The Hospital

census

is quite low at the present

time because of harvesting, and gu arding the fields from baboons, which

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frequently come and raid the fields f q i : the maise (corn).

At

this

time

of

y e a r

t h e

p e o p l e c a n n o t a f f o r d t o b e

s j j J k

b e c a u s e i t m i g h t m e a n p a r t o f n e x t

yearns

food. However,

the

medical w i t l n e s s in the Hospital continues

a n d it

gives u s a n o p p o r t u n i t y for f o l l o w - u p | o f

p e o p l e

w h o h a v e b e e n w o n t o C h r i s t

through the Hospital ministry.

Just this past

week-end

we

were invited

to

visit

an area

some

fifty miles from

t l i j

mission where Chief

Samakaruma

has

encouraged

his people to

build a

very

nice

pole

and daga

church building

which will accommodate over 100 peopl^J Chief Samakaruma has also encour

a g e d

his people to clear an a i r stri p for the

Mission

plane, and as soon

as this is g r at e d by the g overnment, Dr. Nice

will

be p a y i n g monthly Medi

cal

visits

to this area. The Chief

himself

attended the dedication ser

vice for the church building and w e we^e especially pleased to see him,

since he

is

not a

Christian.

May you

qe in prayer that this young man,

who will lead his people

for

some time

and

saviour.

may

come to know Jesus

as

his Lord

Another

"premie"

lives. Just recently twin babies were born to an

African

mother

here at Chidamoyo. Both

children

weighed under 2| ounds each. The

larger child had difficulty breathing f

the night

was over, but

the smaller

girl is still

alive

and beginning

to

g ro w

i n the

"hot

box (incubator). Please

pray

for

little Philis,

and

for

her

mother that she might learn to

know

here at

Chidamoyo.

Christ while staying with her

baby

As you know, I am due to come

home

on

f

a

burden upon

my heart

to-find someone

gone.

Just two weeks

ago,

a

young lady

and was very anxious to come

for

a

year

her name as

yet,

as

the

final decisions

covet your prayers

on

her behalf that

that she might come.

We are busily preparing

for

two

great

meetings here at Chidamoyo this win

ter, with the Reggie

Thomas Evangelist

rican Christian Convention being

held a

We

have

been,saddened because

the

Chuck

States

because of Mr.

Kelley*s health,

added—responsibilities

with

his

leaving

ward to the

coming

of

a new

family,

the

Harrison is an Airplane

mechanic

and

p i | l o t

and

will

be taking care of the

Mission maintenance

work

that

Mr.

Kelley left.

c

Team

coming in June, an d the

Af-

t Chidamoyo

this

year in

August.

Kelley family

had

to return to the

•Mr. Ammeiman and Dr. Nice have

and we are eagerly-looking—f